The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-06-04
OVER THE STATE.

In Talbot county it is said the prospects fol
large wheat crop were never better in the annals
of the county.
Mrs. DR.. Evans and family, of Port Deposit.
have recently removed to Belair, where they Will
become permanent residents.
AT the decoration exercises at Antietam Gem
etery on Monday, many persons were robbed by
a gang of professional pick-pockets.
The latest craze in Rising Sun, Cecil county,
says the Wing, is imported cooks. A trio OF
Scotch lassies arrived there few weeks ago, for
residents of that village.
The Elkton Ne,os says: "The peach prophet,
sometimes irreverently termed by many of cur
contemporaries the peach liar, is even more dis
NAL in his forebodings this year than usual"
Mr.. j. E. Norwood, one of Sykesville's ener-
getic citizens, is improving and identifying his
property in that village by terracing and grading
his grounds, which adds very much to their al
ready handsome appearance.
The electric railway signal exhibited in New
York last week by Messrs. Wells, Thomas and
Vanderford, of Westminster, attracted much at,
tention from railroad officials. 1t is said that
several railroads considering the merits of the
signal.
The Cecil Democrat says give whites and
three negroes were whipped few days ago at
New Castle DEL, with from five to ten lashes each
for larceny, and William Norris coored, convicted
of assault with intent to kill stood one hour in the
piliory."
Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, of Cumberland, has
been appointed by the Bishop member of the
committee on Canons of Convocations of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church. Mr.. Lowndes is an ex-
Congressman and is in every way qualified for the
position.
The double track of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, east of the Susquehanna, is approaching
completion. Work is continued by large force
of workmen, both day and night and on Sundays.
The new track possesses great solidity, being
heavily balasted with two feet of stone. The
steel rails used are of unusual weight and width,
and it is claimed they the heaviest rails to the
foot in this country.
Mr.. G. w. Cruikshank, editor of the Elkton
Democrat, says: "The return to Maryland Of
James G. Clark, who has just resigned the presi-
dency of the Illinois Central Railroad, may have
a marked influence in Maryland politics. Mr.
Clark has never given up his Maryland residence
through all the years of his business industry anG
success, and if he chooses to renew his interest in
political affairs it may be that some decided
changes along the line will have early develop
ment."
About year ago, says the Westminster Ad.
rocate DIR. C. P. Smith brought to this city from
Canada, buck and eve of the Lincoln breed Of
sheep, and sold them to Mr.. G.. Frank Beaver
Mr.. Beaver put them on the farm of Mr.. Leonard
lille, of Uniontown district, and they are thriving
well. They are large, with long fine wool, and
are defendants of sheep that took first premium
at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia
Last season the shearings weighed 274 pounds
and this year 41-24 from the buck and II from
the eve. This yield is not only very large, but
the wool is of superior fneness, and from twelve
to fourteen inches long. The sheep are now two
years old.